Suspender-trimming.



PATENTE-D SEPT. l, 1903.

E. R. SPENCER. SUSPENDER TRIMMING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented September 1, 1903.

PATENT FFICE.

ELI R. SPENCER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUSPENDER-TRIMMING. Q

SPEClFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,081, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed February 6, 1908. Serial No. 142,144. (No model.)

To all whom it new] concern;

Be it known that LELI R. SPENOER,18Si(li11g at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender lrimmings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention, which in its general nature relates to improvements in clasps or buckles, is more especially designed for providing a simple and inexpensive and effectively-operatingmeansforsuspendingthetrousers-straps directly upon a metallichanger and in which is included a leather or other flexible shield for the metallic hanger, the two parts-the hanger and the shieldbeing cooperatively joined with the end of the Suspender-web, that the entire strain on the trousers-strap will be upon the metallic hanger and communicated directly therefrom to the suspender'body.

My invention in its complete nature comprehends apeculiar combination of metal loop or eye member for the suspender-end, a metallic hanger supported therefrom having a hook for direct engagement with the trousersstrap and a leather shield for the metallic hanger, alsosupported from the metal loop or eyepiece, and a single-rivet connection for seeurin g the shield and the hanger to each other and to the suspender or eye member, and in its more subordinate features my invention embodies certain details of construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of which will hereinafter be fully explainechand specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents my invention as applied for use. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of a portion of the suspender-web, its

metal end loop or eyepiece, and the metallic hanger suspended therefrom. Fig.3is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2 with the shield, the free end of the latter being disconnected and pendent. Fig. i is a longitudinal section of the same 011 the line at 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating the metal hanger and the leather shield detached.

In the practical application of my invention the metal loop A, which joins with the end of the suspender-web S, consists of a thin metal plate having two parallel slots a a, the upper one, a, of which is somewhat longer than the lower one, a, to receive the end of the web, as shown.

C designates the trousers-supporting strap, which is of the usual construction and which in my arrangement of parts is intended to engage with a metal hanger B, pendently hung from the loop A, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, by reference to which it will be noticed the said member B consists of a thin metal strap whose lower end Z) is bent up to form a hook to receive the rounded portion (2 of the trousers-strap O, and to prevent cutting or tearing the said strap portion in the ordinary movement thereof within the hook I) the base of the said hook is curved and its edges are rounded,as indicated by b The upper end of the member 13 is bent over itself, preferably backward, to form a hook b for conveniently inserting the said end through the lower slot at in the plate A, and the member B is also formed with an aperture b the purpose of which will presently appear.

So far as described it will be apparent that when my invention is in use the entire strain of the strap G is transmitted to the suspenderweb through a metallic hanger or connection. Hence the danger of the trousers-strap cutting directly against the leather suspending member usually employed is entirely avoided, and the life of the suspenders is thereby materially increased.

To prevent accidental separation of the hanger B from the loop A and to also avoid the said metal hanger B contacting with or rubbing against the wearers clothing, I provide a shield D, of some pliable material, preferably leather, and which consists of a member having its upper end adapted to pass through the slot 0. in the plate A and bend down over the upper front face of the member B, (see Fig. 4,) and the said bent portion of the member D has an aperture (1, which registers with the aperture in the member B, and the said member D has a second aperture (Z that registers with the apertures d and b the several apertures being made to register to admit of mounting the rivet-catch E therein and which has ahead to coact with the snap button or cap F, secured in the lower or pendent end of the shield D, said pendent end being of such length that when turned up to a closed position it folds over the front of the hanger B, the latter being then entirely inclosed within the shield D. The shield D is of greater width than the metal hanger B and of suflicient width to prevent endwise movement of the hanger and the shield in the slot at of the plate A.

As best shown in Fig. 4:, the rivet E extends through the metal hanger B and connects with the rear pendent portion of the member D to provide a flexible connection adapted to maintain the parts A and B in a proper operative condition.

I am aware that it is a common expedient to use a rivet for securing the folded parts of a leather hanger to the eye or loop plate on the end of a suspender-web and that metal hangers have been used whose upper end is suspended from the rivet and whose lower end is bent to engage a trousers strap or hanger. In such arrangement of parts, however, the trousers -strap strain is upon the leather hanger, which soon wears and cuts against the loop or eye plate secured to the suspender-end. My invention differentiates from what has heretofore been provided in this line, so far as I know, in that the hook or strap holder performs the double function of preventing the trousers-strap hanging in or rubbing against the leather shield and keeping the said shield away from a wearingcontact with the loop on the member A, and in consequence the life of the suspender is prolonged and there is none of the annoyance incident where the usual contact of the leather and metal surfaces is made. Furthermore, in my construction the connection has the usual appearance and is manipulated in the same manner as the ordinary Suspender-castoff when it is desired to connect or disconnect the trousers-strap.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A suspender -trimming, comprising in combination with a Suspender-webbing havinga slotted end piece, a metal hanger having a rearwardly-bent hook I) adapted to loosely engage with the slot in the end piece of the suspender-web, and a forwardly-bent strapsupporting hook b at the lower end, a headed rivet secured to the metal hanger and projected rearwardly thereof, a pliable shield having one end extended over the front upper portion of the metal hanger and secured thereto by the rivet, its free end extending through the slot in the end of the Suspender-webbing, connected with the rearwardly-proj ecting portion of the rivetand terminating in a loose pendent member adapted to fold up over the metal hanger and provided with a snap-fastener to engage the head of the rivet, as set forth.

2. A suspender trimming, comprising in combination with the Suspender-webbing, a sheet-metal slotted end piece having a plurality of slots, one to receive the suspenderwebbing, an S -shaped sheet-metal hanger having a rearwardly-bent hook portion adapted to loosely engage the second slot in the slotted piece and a forwardly-bent strap-supporting hook at its lower end, the said strap-sup porting hook being of greater length than the first-named hook, said metal hanger having an aperture near the top thereof, a pliable shield having one end extended over the front upper portion of the metal hanger and passing through the slot in the slotted end piece in close contact with the metal hanger and passing downwardly over the rear portion of the hanger, a headed rivet adapted to pass through apertures in the pliable shield and the aperture in the metal hanger to secure the parts firmly together, the said shield also having a free end adapted to fold back upon the face of the metal hanger and provided with a snap-fastener to engage the head of the rivet, said pliable shield being of a greater width than the metal hanger and of sufficient width to prevent endwise movement of the hanger and shield in the slot of the slotted end piece for the purposes specified.

ELI R. SPENCER.

IVitnesses:

O. I\IICKENS, S. Fox. 

